Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [verb] [pers pn] of [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Discovered in 1953 by Hong Kong herpetologist John Romer , the frog 's exceedingly primitive nature makes it of special interest . |
| 2 | The offline manager must specify for each media item whether it is to be used for primary or secondary purposes , although there is no absolute requirement to make them of different media types . |
| 3 | That they were also all subject to periods of psychotic breakdown makes them of additional interest and in the next chapter we shall examine precisely what that means and how it might help us to understand their particular form of creativity . |
| 4 | Students had to attend special political classes to remind them of socialist values , the four basic principles and other tenets of Marxist-Leninist-Maoist thought . |
| 5 | ‘ Some ghastly little girl accused her of lesbian advances . ’ |
| 6 | So when the station came clean , they had to field several angry calls accusing them of pro-Nottingham Forest bias . |
| 7 | On Wednesday David Howell , the Energy Secretary , was forced to withdraw the threat of pit closures and on Thursday we woke up to a dreadful press accusing us of ignominious surrender . |
| 8 | For weeks now Afshr 's office had been chaotic , besieged every day by rich men and rich women reminding him of past favours , promising him future ones . |
| 9 | And of course the Collection comes to you with a written Guarantee assuring you of satisfactory playing condition or free replacement without question — and with a fascinating illustrated booklet telling you all about the stars and songs featured . |